When he struggles, he gives his son a heartless DM……Moriyasu’s Third Son Reveals: “Dad during the World Cup
Japan's national soccer coach Hajime Moriyasu's third son, Riku, a university student, is currently studying in Australia. His eldest son, Shohei, and second son, Keigo, are popular YouTubers with over 230,000 registered users.
Thanks for your hard work, Dad.
When I get back home and settle down, I’d like to have an emotional thank-you party.”
Japan’s national soccer team returned home after defeating past World Cup champions Germany and Spain, although they missed the final eight for the first time in their history. Riku Moriyasu, 22, the third son of coach Hajime Moriyasu, was in Australia, a foreign country about 12,000 kilometers away where he is studying abroad for language study, to witness the team’s efforts.
He watched the Japan team’s games with his friends at a sports bar. During the third group game against Spain, there were Germans and Costa Ricans in the bar.
I don’t know why, but everyone knew that I was Moriyasu’s son, and they called me a lot,” he said.
But it was clearly different from the pressure he felt in Japan. I felt comfortable and proud.
He is someone I look up to. I’m proud of him, and like my father, I hear a lot of people around me say, ‘Mr. Moriyasu is a good person,’ so I want to become that kind of person myself.
No matter how he became the coach of the national team, he never changed the way he presented himself to his family.
I have the impression that he was always calm. Even in Hiroshima, he never brought the results of games into the house, and that did not change when he became manager of the national team. I really think that he is a man who is consistent with himself. I think he is a person with a single core.
The Moriyasu family consists of three male siblings: Shohei, the eldest, Keigo, the second, and Riku, the third. The youngest, seven years younger than Keigo, was favored by his father to the extent that all of his siblings recognized him.
He came to my class visits, and when I was in elementary school, he even came to my graduation ceremony. Whenever he had time, he would come to my games.”
My father retired from active duty with Vegalta Sendai when Riku was two years old. As far as he remembers, his father was no longer a soccer player. Then, when Riku was in the sixth grade of elementary school, he became the manager of Hiroshima. From then on, he was seen more and more as “Moriyasu’s son,” and he became more and more aware of this.
